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Ahra (1969)
AHRA MAJOR EVENTS
Winternationals Bee-Line Dragway Phoenix, Arizona January 23 - 26 Grand Nationals Detroit Dragway Detroit, Michigan May 23 - 25 Spring Nationals Bristol International Raceway Bristol, Tennessee June 6 - 8 Summer Nationals New York National Speedway Center Moriches, New York August 15 - 17 World Championships Green Valley Raceway Green Valley, Texas August 20 - 24 Points Finals Kansas City International Raceway Kansas City, Missouri October 3 - 6 World Finals International Raceway Tulsa, Oklahoma October 18-20 Last edited by Paul Ceasrine; 03-09-2011 at 11:12 AM. |
03-08-2011, 06:26 PM | #2 |
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I still have photos in basement (I think) from both Beeline & KCIR that year.
We drove on black ice for over an hour on US 54 west of Pratt Kansas on our way to Beeline...... NEVER forget that night Unk
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I'm pretty sure the AHRA had '11' Big Events in 1969. "7" Majors Plus '4' Mid-Level Events AHRA Super/Stock Nationals @ Fremont, California May 18, 1969 Last edited by Paul Ceasrine; 03-08-2011 at 10:00 PM. |
03-08-2011, 10:48 PM | #4 |
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My Dad, a couple of friends and I went to Beeline that year. Drove all night from Kansas City to Phoenix, then down to Tucson where a friend had a house we stayed in, commuted every day from Tucson to Beeline.
The race in KC was a no brainer since the track is only about 17 miles from the house. Miss Jim Tice and the old AHRA. Unk
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UNK,
At the 1969 World Finals, did Stockers compete. I know the top class of Super/Stockers ran in SS/E. The AHRA did a good job back then, in getting out many events. The NHRA only had '4' major events. not come to exist in 1970. Even the 69' Super/Stock Magazine Nationals (August 9-10) weren't an NHRA sponsored event. NHRA MAJOR EVENTS Winternationals Pomona, California January 31 - February 2 Springnationals Dallas, Texas June 13 - 15 Super/Stock Magazine Nationals York, Pennsylvania August 9 - 10 Indy Nationals Indianapolis, Indiana September 6 - 8 World Finals Dallas, Texas October 11 - 13 Last edited by Paul Ceasrine; 03-09-2011 at 11:17 AM. |
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Then we had touring pros, regional pros, local funny cars, T/F,Pro Stocks, plus all the sportsman classes running at LOCAL tracks everywhere almost every weekend. |
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Give it to the "memories". Drag racing is drag racing. Money, technology and electronics, not necessarily in that order have changed the way we race.
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Why did AHRA go out of business?
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Here's how it started:
http://www.dragracingonline.com/spec...story_1_1.html And one description of the ending: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...od_Association Last edited by Charlie A; 11-05-2012 at 09:02 AM. |
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